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Definition: Manipulative |
ManipulativeAdjective1. Skillful in influencing or controlling others to your own advantage; "the early manipulative techniques of a three-year-old". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| MARCUS | English | Manipulative Automatic Reaction Control and User Supervision | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Manipulative |
| English words defined with "manipulative": electronic manipulative deception ♦ manipulative electronic deception. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "manipulative": dexterity and accuracy, doctor, osteopathic ♦ manipulative deception, manipulative index ♦ OPERATIONS-RESEARCH ANALYST, osteopat, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You are hypocritical, manipulative. We do not want to be what you are! Return us to the collective! (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | WASP pilot trains to do underwater manipulative tasks.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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Health | Chiropractors use manipulative therapy as an integral treatment tool. (references) | |
This condition has long been considered an absolute contraindication to manipulative therapy. (references) | ||
Manipulative and Body-Based Methods This category includes methods that are based on manipulation and/or movement of the body. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Manipulative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.35% of the time. "Manipulative" is used about 154 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.35% | 153 | 25,427 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.65% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 154 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "manipulative": electronic manipulative deception ♦ manipulative deception ♦ manipulative electronic deception ♦ manipulative index. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "manipulative": non-manipulative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "manipulative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | "纵 (Maneuvered, Maneuvering, Manoeuvred, Manoeuvring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | manipulativ vildledning (manipulative deception), kiropraktik (cheiropractic, cheiropraxis, chiropractic, chiropraxis, spinal manipulation, spinal manipulative therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gepostcoördineerd register (manipulative index), behandeling met wervelmanipulatie (spinal manipulation, spinal manipulative therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | manipuloiva indeksi (manipulative index), vertebraaliterapia (spinal manipulation, spinal manipulative therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | manipulations de trafic (manipulative deception), vertébrothérapie (spinal manipulation, spinal manipulative therapy), index manipulatif (manipulative index), déception électronique par manipulation (electronic manipulative deception). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | manipulierend (gerrymandering, manipulating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παραποιητικόσ, χειριστικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | manipulációs, kézi kezeléses. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | manipolazioni della colonna vertebrale (spinal manipulation, spinal manipulative therapy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | anipulativemay de manipulare. (various references) управлением, связанный с манипуляцией. (various references) manipulativo. (various references) manipulativt index (manipulative index). (various references) зв'язаний з управлінням. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "manipulative": manipulatively, manipulativeness, manipulativenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Manipulative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: manipulatives. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "manipulative" (pronounced muni"pyulā'tiv) |
| 7 | -y u l ā' t i v | accumulative, regulative, stimulative. |
| 5 | -l ā' t i v | legislative. |
| 4 | -ā' t i v | accommodative, administrative, appreciative, authoritative, collaborative, cooperative, deliberative, dissipative, elucidative, facultative, imitative, innovative, investigative, iterative, meditative, prognosticative, qualitative, quantitative, rehabilitative. |
| 3 | -t i v | abortive, accusative, acquisitive, active, adaptive, addictive, additive, adjective, adoptive, affective, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, anticompetitive, appointive, argumentative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, automotive, captive, causative, cognitive, collective, combative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, conductive, congestive, connective, consecutive, conservative, constructive, consultative, contemplative, contraceptive, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, cumulative, curative, deceptive, decorative, defective, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, diminutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, dispositive, disruptive, distinctive, distributive, duplicative, effective, elective, eruptive, evocative, executive, exhaustive, expletive, exploitative, exploitive, Federative, festive, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, furtive, generative, hyperactive, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, indicative, ineffective, infective, infinitive, informative, initiative, injunctive, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, instinctive, instructive, interactive, interpretive, introspective, intuitive, invective, inventive, irrespective, laxative, locomotive, lucrative, motive, narrative, native, negative, neoconservative, nonautomotive, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, nonnative, nonproductive, normative, nutritive, objective, obstructive, octave, operative, overactive, palliative, participative, pejorative, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, positive, predictive, preemptive, prerogative, preservative, presumptive, preventative, preventive, primitive, proactive, probative, productive, prohibitive, projective, prospective, protective, provocative, punitive, putative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, recuperative, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, representative, reproductive, respective, restive, restorative, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, secretive, sedative, seductive, selective, sensitive, speculative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, superlative, supportive, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, unattractive, uncompetitive, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, unproductive, unreceptive, unrepresentative, vegetative, vindictive, vituperative. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-i-l-m-n-p-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: manipulate. | |
-3 letters: aluminate, penultima, plaintive. | |
-4 letters: antimale, aventail, laminate, minutiae, minutial, palatine, palmitin, platinum, punitive, putamina, tumpline, velamina, vitamine, vituline. | |
-5 letters: ailment, aliment, alumina, alumine, alumnae, alunite, amative, amentia, animate, impaint, impanel, implant, intimae, intimal, inutile, invital, laminae, maniple, manteau, matinal, minutia, nauplii, nautili, nuptial, palmate, pantile, patinae, petunia, pinetum, pintail, planate, platane, plateau, platina, plumate, pluvian, pulvini, putamen, tilapia, timpana, timpani, ulpanim, unitive, unplait, valiant, valuate, vauntie, ventail, viminal, vitamin, vulpine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-i-l-m-n-p-t-u-v" | |
+2 letters: manipulatively. | |
+4 letters: manipulativeness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 6E 69 70 75 6C 61 74 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- -. .. .--. ..- .-.. .- - .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110000 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a n i p u l a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 006E 0069 0070 0075 006C 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476780758287786786758871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Abbreviations 12. Acronyms | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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